Fall for Flavour: Heartwood Inns Launches New Autumn Menu and Happy Hour, Celebrating Comforting Flavours and Responsibly Sourced Ingredients

Heartwood Inns is welcoming the arrival of autumn with a new seasonal menu, bringing together rich, comforting flavours, carefully sourced ingredients and dishes designed for lingering lunches, cosy suppers and everything in between.

The new menu builds on Heartwood Inns’ ongoing commitment to creating food with care, using quality ingredients that reflect the changing seasons and are cooked from scratch by skilled chefs across its collection of 36 pubs and pubs with rooms.

Earlier this year, Heartwood Inns retained its Three-Star Food Made Good Rating from the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) - the highest accreditation available - for the fourth consecutive year. The recognition reflects Heartwood’s continued commitment to responsible sourcing, supporting its people and communities, and reducing its environmental impact.

As the days draw in and the crisp chill of autumn settles in, the new menu introduces a selection of warming dishes designed to embrace the season. The French Onion Soup is rich and deeply caramelised, topped with toasted croutons and a bubbling blanket of golden Gruyère cheese, while the Venison & Ale Pie offers a comforting autumn classic, with slow-braised venison in a glossy sauce grand veneur beneath a crisp pastry lid, served with buttery mash.

For something with a little more spice, the Malabar Fish Curry brings together spice-roasted monkfish and sweet king prawns with fragrant coconut rice in a vibrant, velvety sauce.

Dessert takes a decadent turn with the new Rum Baba – a light sponge steeped in warm, aromatic rum and finished with rich rum-infused Chantilly cream and tender, marinated mini figs.

For those looking to make a little more of their afternoon, Heartwood’s popular Seasonal Set Menu returns, offering two or three courses of carefully chosen seasonal dishes. Available Monday to Friday from 12pm–5pm, guests can settle in for a relaxed midday meal, with dishes including warming Muscat pumpkin soup and delicate pan-fried gnocchi.

As the evening draws in, Heartwood’s Happy Hour offers the perfect excuse to linger a little longer. Available Sunday to Friday from 5pm–7pm, with an extended Happy Hour on Thursdays until 8pm, guests can enjoy 2-for-1 on selected autumn drinks, including a rich Velvet Espresso Martini, citrusy Malfy Arancia G&T, crisp Beavertown Gamma Ray and refreshing Fever-Tree Sparkling Elderflower, alongside £5 off selected house wines.

With its new autumn menu, Heartwood Inns invites guests to settle in, take their time and enjoy the season, from warming bowls and golden pastry to rich puddings and drinks worth staying for.

For more information, visit heartwoodinns.com.

Notes to editors

Heartwood Collection is the Group that operates 36 Heartwood Inns pubs and 13 Brasserie Blanc restaurants across the UK. Heartwood Collection’s current site portfolio is as follows:

Inns

The Barley Mow – Englefield Green, Surrey

The Black Horse – Thame, Oxfordshire

The Black Horse – Reigate, Surrey

The Black Swan - Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire

The Boot – Histon, Cambridgeshire

The Britannia – Parkstone, Dorset

The British Queen – Locksbottom, Kent

The Cricketers – Cobham, Surrey

The Coat & Bear - Newbury, Berkshire

The George & Dragon - Marlow, Buckinghamshire

The Hare – Old Redding, Harrow Weald, Middlesex

The Highwayman – Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire

The Jobber’s Rest – Upminster, Essex

The Jolly Farmer – Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire

The King’s Arms – Prestbury, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

The King’s Head – Teddington, Middlesex

The March Hare – Guildford, Surrey

The Oaks – Highcliffe, Christchurch, Dorset

The Old Crown – Great Bookham, Surrey

The Plough & Harrow - Long Ditton, Surrey

The Prince of Wales - East Barnet, London

The Queen’s Head – Weybridge, Surrey

The Quill & Scholar - Lichfield, Staffordshire

The Ragged Robin - Godalming, Surrey

The Red Deer – Horsham, West Sussex

The Red Lion - Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire

The Rising Sun - Reading, Berkshire

The Ropemaker - Emsworth, Hampshire

The Royal Forest - Epping Forest, Greater London

The Sun Inn – Chobham, Surrey

The White Bear – Ruislip, Middlesex

The White Hart - Lewes, East Sussex

The White Hart - Lymington, Hampshire

The White Horse - Dorking, Surrey

The Woodman - Southgate, London

The Potter’s Heron - Ampfield, Hampshire

Upcoming openings

The Meadow Lark - Trumpington, Cambridgeshire. Opening 2026.

The Muddy Fox - Solihull, West Midlands. Opening 2026.

Brasserie Blanc Restaurants

London – Chancery Lane

London – Southbank

London – Threadneedle Street

Beaconsfield

Bournemouth

Cheltenham

Chichester

Hale Barns

Leeds

Milton Keynes

Oxford

Portsmouth

Winchester

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